MSNBC: sources say George J. Terwilliger III is "looking very good" to replace Gonzo

[sabra]

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/28/335784.aspx

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From NBC's Chuck Todd and Mark Murray
Per a source close to the White House, ex-Deputy Attorney General George J. Terwilliger III is "looking very good" to replace Alberto Gonzales. Former Solicitor General Ted Olson and former appellate judge Laurence Silberman are "also in the running." And Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff and former deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson "are unlikely."

[Jim__]

1. Laurence Silberman!!!!

I hope the dems have more sense than that.

[TahitiNut]

10. Anyone who read "Blinded By The Right" should be puking to hear that one.

Silberman is beyond corrupt ... a zealoous partisan beyond batshit insane.

[JHB]

13. Silberman: A One-Man Axis of Evil

Let's run down his resume:
*a Nixie
*Reagan Campaign
*October Surprise
*let Ollie North off, "on a technicality", as RWers would say
*aided Clarence Thomas nomination, aided attacks on Anita Hill
*mentored David Brock during his days on the Dark Side (smearing Hill, Clinton)
*ruled to allow lawsuit of sitting president (i.e., set up the purgery trap on Clinton)
*cochaired commission investigating pre-war Iraq intel (the "bad intelligence" report)

http://dir.salon.com/story/news/feature/2004/02/10/silberman/index.html


You can't understand the damage partisan federal judges can do until you've researched Silberman and his buddy David Sentelle.

[tanyev]

2. I would never be able to hear the name Terwilliger without thinking of Sideshow Bob.

[Giant Robot]

4. Dammit and I thought I was going to be the first one to make

a Sideshow Bob reference.

[myrna minx]

7. Me too! Attorney General Sideshow Bob.

:rofl:

[Malikshah]

8. "It's Attorney General, not Sir Joseph Porter KCB!!!"

;);)

I agree-- it was the first thing to came to my mind too.

[Solly Mack]

3. Ted Olson / Laurence Silberman... blech

George J. Terwilliger III/ BCCI
http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/08just.htm

[intaglio]

5. Sourcewatch

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=George_J._Terwilliger_III
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Terwilliger was "a leader of President George W. Bush's legal team during the Florida election recount."

[in_cog_ni_to]

6. NO ONE connected to the 2000 election theft should be confirmed! I hope the Dems

know that. That leaves out Ted Olson too.

In fact, no one connected to this cabal, at any time in history, should be confirmed.:grr:

[napi21]

9. I agree, BUT I think it will be nearly impossible to find a prominent

Pub attorney who DIDN'T have his hand in the Fl. mess in 2000!

[Solly Mack]

11. Yep..that too

[Javaman]

12. Isn't that side show bobs last name? makes you think...

:rofl: